***NOTE: This is going to be a long one people...skimming is allowed, especially if you bore easily :))My words, my photos will neither do justice nor live up to the experience that is Petra. An ancient city more than 2000 years old, Petra was the capital of the Nabataean Empire and was later annexed to the Roman Empire where it remained a thriving city until much of it was destroyed by a large earthquake in 363 AD. In 1812, it was "rediscovered" by a Swiss ex...

After a great but tiring day in Amman, our only real task was bonding with a rental car and making the journey to Petra. My guide book said it was likely going to be a 6-7 hour drive with stops along the way...guide book did not account for getting lost in the desert...more on that in a bit...A very nice man from the rental car company met us at our hotel and gave us a ride out of the city to the start of the highway (I almost hugged him as I was not looking for...

***NOTE: Hi all :)) Many of you are used to my travel blogs already from the SE Asia journey. This time around I've got two others traveling along...Steph and Chrissy (my girls from the Peru trip). At the end of each entry, you may get to hear from them as well! Missing you all...hope you're well...here we go...Hello from Jordan! We are officially here! Getting to Jordan was fairly uneventful....there was a cool guy checking us in at Dulles (offere...

The end has arrived...sadly a true story.What I really wanted to title this last entry was:My Favorite Game, The Best, The Worst, The Numbers, Things I’ve Learned, Thanks, and Goodbyes.But it wouldn't all fit in the title section....it does, however, accurately sum up the contents of this very last blog entry. Here we go. My trip has now officially come to an end. It's been a wonderful road, even if it wasn't always smooth. The bumps along t...

Yeah, yeah...cheesy title. I know.I came to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for one reason and one reason only. The Petronas Towers. I first laid eyes on them more than ten years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. Movie theater in London, England. The movie was Entrapment and part of the film takes place in Kuala Lumpur at, you guessed it, the Petronas Towers. I was awed. I knew right then and there that I would see them for myself one day. So when I was...